Stereotypes: The Other Side The act of stereotyping is basically making preconceived notions about a particular group of people when no actual evidence is provided to support that notion. An extremely stereotyped group would be minorities in the United States. In the United States, White Americans are the racial majority; leaving African Americans, Latino Americans, Asian Americans, Middle Eastern Americans, Multiracial Americans, Pacific Islanders, etc. as the selected minorities. Minorities in the United States are heavily stereotyped to be dangerous, lazy and uneducated, when in actuality, minorities are quite the opposite.
Minorities are seen as dangerous threats to society, when in reality, they are no more threatening than the majority. …show more content…
It’s comical to hear this stereotype knowing the struggle that millions of minority families had to go through to get to where they are today. A prime example would be my parents. My parents emigrated from the Dominican Republic here to the United States not knowing a word of English. They had absolutely no money or means to survive on. They worked diligently to earn their immigration visas, went to study English at multiple institutions, and went forth into the work force. They worked their way up the social class hierarchy and went from being exceedingly poor lower class folk to middle class citizens. They went from living in an extremely impoverished developing third world country to making their way into the most successful superpower nation of the world in today’s standard. That is far from lazy. Minorities may be labeled as lazy, but on the contrary, they are extremely hard working …show more content…
I am a prime example of this. Despite, not having the means to go to college, I knew that it was pivotal in order to further my academic career. My parents weren’t/ still aren’t there for me so I knew I had to figure out a way to pay for my own education. The Bridges to Success program seemed like the perfect nearby program for me to continue on with my education so I researched everything and decided that it was the perfect fit for me. In fact, the majority of the participants enrolled in the BTS program, are minorities. I completed everything on the checklist and sent in all my documentation prior to all of the deadlines; so when I got the acceptance letter, I was ecstatic. I am honored to say that I am living proof of a minority shattering the stereotype of being labeling as “uneducated” as I continue on my educational
Minorities are seen as dangerous threats to society, when in reality, they are no more threatening than the majority. …show more content…
It’s comical to hear this stereotype knowing the struggle that millions of minority families had to go through to get to where they are today. A prime example would be my parents. My parents emigrated from the Dominican Republic here to the United States not knowing a word of English. They had absolutely no money or means to survive on. They worked diligently to earn their immigration visas, went to study English at multiple institutions, and went forth into the work force. They worked their way up the social class hierarchy and went from being exceedingly poor lower class folk to middle class citizens. They went from living in an extremely impoverished developing third world country to making their way into the most successful superpower nation of the world in today’s standard. That is far from lazy. Minorities may be labeled as lazy, but on the contrary, they are extremely hard working …show more content…
I am a prime example of this. Despite, not having the means to go to college, I knew that it was pivotal in order to further my academic career. My parents weren’t/ still aren’t there for me so I knew I had to figure out a way to pay for my own education. The Bridges to Success program seemed like the perfect nearby program for me to continue on with my education so I researched everything and decided that it was the perfect fit for me. In fact, the majority of the participants enrolled in the BTS program, are minorities. I completed everything on the checklist and sent in all my documentation prior to all of the deadlines; so when I got the acceptance letter, I was ecstatic. I am honored to say that I am living proof of a minority shattering the stereotype of being labeling as “uneducated” as I continue on my educational